Ken Mittan, 79, puts up pricing labels in a fireworks booth run by the Fillmore Lions Club on Thursday, the first day of "safe-and-sane" fireworks sales in Fillmore.

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Joe Rauch, 65, buys sparklers for his son Thursday, the first day of "safe-and-sane" fireworks sales in Fillmore. Numerous nonprofits get permission from the city to sell fireworks during the week of July Fourth.

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Numerous nonprofits get permission from the city of Fillmore to sell fireworks during the week of July Fourth.

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Mike Powell (right) of Santa Clarita shops for fireworks at a booth run by the Fillmore Citizen Patrol as Laura Messina-Smith explains what each of the items does.

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Like many nonprofit groups in Fillmore, the Fillmore Citizen Patrol counts the fireworks sale as its largest fundraiser of the year.

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Chief Rigo Landeros of the Fillmore Fire Department displays examples of bottle rockets, firecrackers and other illegal fireworks that will not be allowed in the city during Independence Day celebrations.